 | | Report (issue) | | DEPOSITS OF VERMICULITE AND OTHER MINERALS IN THE RAINY CREEK DISTRICT, NEAR LIBBY, MONT. By J. T. PAEDEE...nearly unmixed biotite or its alteration product vermiculite and generally contains an unusual amount (7 to...aegirite-diopside (both locally vanadiferous), vermiculite, and fibrous amphiboles. Locally titanite and...A large body of the vermiculite is being developed commercially by the Zonolite Co. In addition several...several smaller bodies are being explored by the Vermiculite & Asbestos) Co., and in some of these bodies |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | MARCH-APRIL, 1959 THE ORIGIN OF THE VERMICULITE DEPOSIT AT LIBBY, MONTANA Wrrrr.cMA. Bessnrr, Columbia[Jniaersity...largest vermiculite mine at Libby, Montana has been studied and the origin of the vermiculite deposit...has been altered to biotite, hydrobiotite, and vermiculite. Numerous ,l'"rrit" dik.. may be observed in...of vermiculite under hydrothermal conditions and its application to the origin of the vermiculite deposit...deposit at Libby, Montana is discussed. A mechanism is suggested for the formation of hydrobiotite, a regularly |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Montana Mineral Locality Index Downloaded by [University of Nebraska, Lincoln] at 20:00 09 April 2015...2015 K NOWN AS THE TREASURE STATE, Montana is rich in mineral and gemstone localities. The state motto...with its representation of mining tools clearly proclaim Montanaâs mining origins. Montanaâs production...gold, lead, manganese, phosphate, silver, talc, vermiculite, and zinc is impressive. The official state fossil...published describing the occurrence, collecting, mining, and cutting of the two state gemstones. Figure |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | commercial vermiculite based on statistical analysis of bulk chemical data: Fingerprinting vermiculite from...from Libby, Montana U.S.A. MICKEY E. GUNTER,1,* ERON SINGLETON,1 BRYAN R. BANDLI,2 HEATHER A. LOWERS,3 AND...(XRF) analysis, were obtained on 34 samples of vermiculite to ascertain whether chemical differences exist... and V can be used to distinguish the Libby vermiculite samples from the garden products. In general...In the fall of 1999, the small town of Libby, Montana became the focus of our nation·s newest asbestos-related |  | | Report (issue) | | series will be dropped. THE This publication on Vermiculite _is the first of the new issues. Constructional...latter are situated in hot climates, the mineral vermiculite, which is already widely employed elsewhere for...possi-bilities for Colonial vermiculite of good quality. Occurrences of vermiculite are already known in a...In presenting tl1e salient facts concerning vermiculite it is hoped that the search for and development...individuals that are concerned in any way with vermiculite. The assistance of those who have kindly aided |  | Swayze, Gregg A., Lowers, Heather A., Benzel, William M., Clark, Roger N., Driscoll, Rhonda L., Perlman, Zac S., Hoefen, Todd M., Dyar, M. Darby (2018) Characterizing the source of potentially asbestos-bearing commercial vermiculite insulation using in situ IR spectroscopy. American Mineralogist, 103 (4) 517-549 doi:10.2138/am-2018-6022 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | source of potentially asbestos-bearing commercial vermiculite insulation using in situ IR spectroscopy Gregg...Abstract Commercially produced vermiculite insulation from Libby, Montana, contains trace levels of asbestiform...known to cause asbestos-related diseases. When vermiculite insulation is found in a building, evaluation...could be used to reliably identify the source of vermiculite ore and therefore its potential to contain asbestos...materials, and horticultural products from Libby, Montana; Louisa, Virginia; Enoree, South Carolina; Palabora |  | | Report (issue) | | from alkaline intrusive complexes in northwestern Montana By Theodore J. Armbrustmacher Open-File Report...intrusive complexes complexes in northwestern Montana............................. 2. Geologic map of...the alkaline intrusive complex at Rainy Creek, Lincoln County, Montana.......................... 3. Geologic...alkaline intrusive complex at Skalkaho, Ravalli County, Montana............................. 4. Geologic map...intrusive complex at Haines Point, Sanders County, Montana......................... 5. Geologic sketch |  | | Report (issue) | | STUCKEY, STATE GEOLOGIST BULLETIN NO. 50 The Vermiculite Deposits of North Carolina BY THOMAS G. MURDOCK...STUCKEY, STATE GEOLOGIST BULLETIN NO. 50 The Vermiculite Deposits of North Carolina BY THOMAS G. MURDOCK...of Vermiculite Uses of Vermiculite Page v vi 1 1 3 4 6 1 .' Geology Mineralogy of Vermiculite Sampling...Sampling of Vermiculite Deposits Mining Methods Processing of Vermiculite Vermiculite Deposits in Other...Description of Vermiculite Deposits .Avery County Frank Deposit Unproven Localities Buncombe County Bee Tree |  | | Report (issue) | | Idaho, Montana, New Mexico, and Wyoming) 50 ”m 115°W Libby ("Zonolite") vermiculite mine August 1966...production (Ross and Virta, 2001; Virta, 2002). Mining of crocidolite (asbestiform riebeckite) and amosite...operation mined chrysotile deposits in California; this mine closed in 2002. Naturally Occurring Asbestos Mounting...asbestos into the environment from manufacturing, mining, and other occupational sites. Less straightforward...(road building, urban excavations, agriculture, mining, crushing, and milling, as just a few examples) |  | Bandli, B. R., Gunter, M. E., Twamley, B., Foit, F. F., Cornelius, S. B. (2003) OPTICAL, COMPOSITIONAL, MORPHOLOGICAL, AND X-RAY DATA ON ELEVEN PARTICLES OF AMPHIBOLE FROM LIBBY, MONTANA, U.S.A. The Canadian Mineralogist, 41 (5) 1241-1253 doi:10.2113/gscanmin.41.5.1241 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | DATA ON ELEVEN PARTICLES OF AMPHIBOLE FROM LIBBY, MONTANA, U.S.A. BRYAN R. BANDLI¶ AND MICKEY E. GUNTER§...Amphibole crystals from the former vermiculite mine near Libby, Montana, were examined using three different... Libby, Montana. SOMMAIRE Nous avons examinĂ© des cristaux dâamphibole provenant de la mine de vermiculite...vermiculite prĂšs de Libby, au Montana, maintenant fermĂ©e, au moyen de trois mĂ©thodes analytiques, soit les...asbestiforme, morphologie des cristaux, Libby, Montana. ¶ § Present address: MVA, Inc., 5500 Oakbrook |  | Gunter, Mickey E., Dyar, M. Darby, Twamley, Brendan, Foit, Franklin F., Cornelius, Scott (2003) Composition, Fe3+/âFe, and crystal structure of non-asbestiform and asbestiform amphiboles from Libby, Montana, U.S.A. American Mineralogist, 88 (11) 1970-1978 doi:10.2138/am-2003-11-1240 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | non-asbestiform and asbestiform amphiboles from Libby, Montana, U.S.A. MICKEY E. GUNTER,1,* M. DARBY DYAR,2 BRENDAN...samples collected from the former vermiculite mine near Libby, Montana. A crystal structure analysis, compositional...attention focused on the small town of Libby, Montana in November 1999 when a newspaper article in the...connected to the nowclosed vermiculite mine located near Libby. The mine operated from the 1920s until...and had the worldâs largest vermiculite production; however, the vermiculite ore contained several percent |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | amphibole content in expanded vermiculite products from Libby, Montana U.S.A. using powder X-ray diffraction...Five expanded vermiculite samples known to have originated from the former vermiculite mine near Libby,...Montana were analyzed using powder XRD to quantify their amphibole content. An expanded vermiculite with...powder X-ray diffraction, vermiculite INTRODUCTION In late 1999, Libby, Montana, was brought to the national...controversy surrounded the then closed vermiculite mine near the town. This mine was in operation from 1920 to |  | | Report (issue) | | State Geologist BULLETIN NO. 46 KYANITE AND VERMICULITE DEPOSITS OF GEORGIA By LOUIS M. PRINDLE Associate...for publication a report on the Kyanite and Vermiculite Deposits of Georgia by Louis M. Prindle, W. D...behind the recent commercial uses of kyanite and vermiculite is little known to the general public .. Years...not available to make an extensive search for vermiculite. The deposits described are of doubtful importance...-------------------------------------IIothouse Creek............------------------------------------ |  | Meeker, G.P., Bern, A.M., Brownfield, I.K., Lowers, H.A., Sutley, S.J., Hoefen, T.M., Vance, J.S. (2003) The Composition and Morphology of Amphiboles from the Rainy Creek Complex, Near Libby, Montana. American Mineralogist, 88 (11) 1955-1969 doi:10.2138/am-2003-11-1239 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Morphology of Amphiboles from the Rainy Creek Complex, Near Libby, Montana G.P. MEEKER,1,* A.M. BERN,1 I...rock from the largest mined vermiculite deposit in the world in the Rainy Creek alkaline-ultramafic complex...complex near Libby, Montana, were collected and analyzed. The amphibole-rich rock is the suspected cause...reported in the residents of Libby, and in former mine and mill workers. The amphibole-rich samples were...and magnesioriebeckite. The amphiboles from Vermiculite Mountain show nearly complete solid solution |  | | Report (issue) | | Copyright@gov.on.ca ONTARIO DEPARTMENT OF MINES VERMICULITE IN ONTARIO with an appendix on PERLITE BY G....Refractories Miscellaneous Uses Mode of Occurrence Vermiculite Occurrences in Ontario Perth Deposits Stanleyville...Olympus Mines Limited P. Farrell Property Norden Vermiculite Limited Other Occurrences H.G. Greene Deposit...Butler Township Grade and Evaluation of Vermiculite Deposits Mining, Milling, and Beneficiation Exfoliation...Figure 2: Vermiculite property of Olympus Mines Limited Vermiculite property of Norden Vermiculite Limited |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | 1540â1542, 2000 Amphibole asbestos from Libby, Montana: Aspects of nomenclature ANN G. WYLIE1 AND JENNIFER...winchite is found in the gangue at the Libby, Montana, vermiculite deposit, where asbestos-related diseases...as a gangue mineral in the ZonoliteÂź vermiculite ore body in Libby, Montana, which was mined from 1923...been reported among the miners and millers of ZonoliteÂź in several studies that were summarized by Ross... WYLIE AND VERKOUTEREN: AMPHIBOLE ASBESTOS, LIBBY, MONTANA Ca) â„ 1.0 apfu is now used to define the calcic |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | ALABAMAâCherokee County is' in northeastern Alabama. In the central part of Cherokee County is the little...10-yr. old subscriber, Buddy Stewart. "Cherokee County has a wide variety of minerals ranging from those...mica, quartz. Limestone also occurs. Cherokee County is full of minerals, so Buddy informs us, and to...around Rock Run, in the southeastern part of the county, and was mined extensively in recent years. The...over Cherokee County. "Lots of Indian relics are found too." A map of Cherokee County, prepared by Buddy |  | | Journal (issue) | | study was heated it expanded like vermiculite. The name "vermiculite" is probably derived from the Latin...as a vermiculite only in the first sense, as an expanding material. It is not a true vermiculite mineralogically...rocks. Most commercial deposits, as at Libby, Montana, are in ultrabasic or basic rocks and the mineral...showing the location of the area from which vermiculite samples were collected. Location and Occurrence...from an area in T. 7 S., Rs. 37 and 38 E. in Baker County (see figure 1). The area lies on the Anthony Lakes |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | MINERALOGY AND CATION EXCHANGE PROPERTIES OF LIBBY VERMICULITE SEPARATES AS AFFECTED BY PARTICLE-SIZE REDUCTION*...(Received 20 June 1973) Abstract-A vermiculite (Libby, Montana) sample obtained from the Zono1ite company...and/or a mixed-layer assemblage of biotite and vermiculite attrited to the clay fraction. In contrast, the...higher charge-density (CEC) vermiculite. Biotite-free CEC data for vermiculite suggested that, in general...general, the coarser vermiculite separates had a higher CEC than the finer ones. The susceptibility of minerals |  | | Journal (volume) | | AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF MINING AND METALLURGICAL ENGINEERS (INCORPORATED Vol. 109 METAL MINING AND NONMETALLIC... PREFACE Material in this volume, designated ââMetal Mining and Nonmetallic Minerals,â includes certain groups... DEVELOPMENT AND TECHNOLOGY Drvision Metat Mining aNnpD NONMETALLIC MINERALS GEOPHYSICAL PROSPECTING...in these volumes are Nonferrous Metallurgy and Mining Geology. It will be recalled, however, that there...chairmen during the year 1933-34 of the Committees on Mining Methods, Ground Movement and Subsidence, 3 4 |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | preference for diquat in the interlayer region of vermiculite is enhanced compared to adsorption on the external...Company, Skokie, Illinois. Montmorillonite, Panther Creek Bentonite, commercial grade, American Colloid Company...Scientific Establishment. Halloysite, Iolta Bridge Mine, near Franklin, North Carolina, collected by O....& Wilcox, Hephzibah, Georgia. Kaolinite, Aiken County, South Carolina, obtained from United Sierra Division...Georgia. Vermiculite, from western North Carolina, collected by S. B. Weed. Vermiculite, Poole Mine, obtained |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | mineral has been mined quite extensively in Clay County, Alabama, from one end to the other. It is quite...chrysocolla and greenish malachite. From San Manuel Mine, San Manuel, Arizona. Tourmaline: Mass of black...ARKANSASâBrown jasper pebbles have been found in a creek bed near Benton, Saline Co., Ark. ROCKS AND MINERALS...Stayton Mine, Lone Tree, two miles south of Antimony Peak, near Hollister, San Benito County, California...its original shape. The Stayton Mine is principally a quicksilver mine, yielding cinnabar and native mercury |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | going over the dumps of the Strickland Feldspar Mine with a portable Mineralight at night. Wonder how...years ago at the old Brinton Quarry in Chester County, Pa., a Dana locality now prety well caput. This...minerals have been found in Chester and/or Delaware County, Pa. While on the subject, hitting around Sepiolite...quarry hole on the Foote Minerals property, Chester County, Pa., such a beautiful Turquoise blue. Quite nearby...nearby, was the old workings of the Gen. Trimble Mine in which Coeruleolactite had been found in small |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | statement made by Andrew T. Kearney, president of the Zonolite Company of Chicago, in a mid-century report issued...organization, world's leading miner and processor of vermiculite, a mineral of the mica family which has revolutionized...prospectors found a huge deposit of vermiculite in Libby, Montana. Attracted by its golden glisten when...century. Vermiculite made its industrial debut about a quarter of a century ago when the Zonolite Company...properties for heavy construction jobs. By using vermiculite plaster instead of solid concrete for fireproofing |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | [JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY] at 18:38 24 August 2017 VERMICULITEâA FRIEND IN THE HOUSE The history of the advancements...latest in the long line of building improvements. Vermiculite, a mineral of the mica family which expands to...the unusual feat of "making stones grow." It's vermiculite today which is performing magic of another sort...a wall causes a web of cracks to appear. For vermiculite, used as a plaster aggregate, replacing sand...aggregate, replacing the ordinary type of body, vermiculite develops a lightweight concrete resulting in |
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